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Brokers need to look beyond CTP cover after serious injuries

Brokers need to look beyond CTP cover after serious injuries

Statutory uniformity leaves service, claims experience, and longer-term recovery as potential areas of market differentiation

Roxanne Libatique Sep 11, 2026
ASIC finds PI reporting failures across financial advice licensees

ASIC finds PI reporting failures across financial advice licensees

Coverage decisions increasingly require businesses to demonstrate that policies reflect their activities, obligations, and potential liabilities

Drug-impaired driving puts new pressure on Queensland motor insurers

Drug-impaired driving puts new pressure on Queensland motor insurers

Rising impairment risk creates uncertainty around exclusion decisions, claims evidence, and financial exposure for young-driver motor cover

Ransomware attack reaches Victorian business through external technology provider

Ransomware attack reaches Victorian business through external technology provider

Outsourced technology is expanding the attack surface while creating uncertainty over cyber coverage, contracts, and regulatory responsibilities

Biological weapons researchers were using AI. Insurers should know

Biological weapons researchers were using AI. Insurers should know

Anthropic blocked research and state-backed cyber incidents - and the insurance implications run across multiple lines

Health fund competition tests the value of member loyalty

Health fund competition tests the value of member loyalty

HIF’s long-running Wildcats partnership comes as Australians shop around and market concentration remains high

Steadfast discloses US firm's swap over 60.6 million shares

Steadfast discloses US firm's swap over 60.6 million shares

Pentwater Capital's cash-settled equity swap equals 5.45% of Steadfast shares on issue as the scheme awaits a vote

ASIC confirms investigation into collapsed Sphere Insurance Group

ASIC confirms investigation into collapsed Sphere Insurance Group

The regulator says it has engaged with the liquidator, as client obligations come back into focus for authorised representatives

Insurer claim delays top complaints again as brokers report no change

Insurer claim delays top complaints again as brokers report no change

Ballarat broker Laura Meyer says some insurer turnaround times are "just abysmal" as claim delay complaints hit a new high

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Why brokers can't ignore environmental risk anymore

How brokers can protect themselves and clients as environmental exposures reshape the risk landscape

Underwriters under the microscope

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